Am I the only one who figured out you have to preheat the basket for frozen fries?
I was ready to give up on my air fryer for frozen fries because they kept coming out pale and sad in the middle. I had been tossing them straight into a cold basket for about 4 months. Then my sister was over at my place in Dayton and saw what I was doing and told me to run the thing empty at 400 for 3 minutes first. Same bag of fries, same 14 minutes, and the difference was real. They finally got that crispy shell on the outside instead of steaming in their own ice. Does anyone else preheat for other frozen stuff like nuggets or tater tots, or is it just a fries thing?